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192. Barh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BARH

INC 46.2%won by 11.3%NCO 34.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.4% to 11.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.0% of the vote between them, up from 54.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
69,139
Margin
7,833
11.33%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DWARIKA NATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC31,90946.2%
  2. 2RANA SHEOLAKHPATI SINGHNCO · NCO24,07634.8%
  3. 3SARYUG PRASAD YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,1028.8%
  4. 4GIRISH CHANDRA SINGHSOP · SOP2,0873.0%
  5. 5KAMTA DASIndependent · IND1,8162.6%
  6. 6BAGESHWAR PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,7372.5%
  7. 7YOGESHWAR VISHWAKARMAIndependent · IND1,1241.6%
  8. 8LALITA PRASADIndependent · IND2880.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−19.6%
INC share
31.0% → 46.2%
NCO share
0.0% → 34.8%
Turnout
— → —
191. Mokamah193. Bakhtiarpur
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